Nearly a third of WAPA bills are based on estimates due to widespread meter failures, prompting lawmakers to demand prompt reforms and propose alternative billing methods like prepaid systems. WAPA says changes must follow AMI sys…
…his name not be disclosed, described a disappointing response from a WAPA electrician. “One person told me, ‘you think you in the States?’ That was an answer.” The employee informed the resident of the authority's long standing po…
…the Consortium on Sunday, March 14 that she had no knowledge of the WAPA audit alleging damning accusations against longtime WAPA executive Gregory Rhymer, and that the audit was sent to the Dept. of Justice in 2014, which was bef…
…from 2014 to present Actions taken by the Governing Board of WAPA and the Authority from 2014 to present as a result of the Internal Audit Findings Explanation and application of the base rate, OPEB and PILOT surcharge Block II wi…
…a result of a dispute over APR’s obligations under its contract with WAPA, the Texas-based company will suspend service to WAPA on Wednesday afternoon." WAPA said it leases three electrical generators from APR Energy at the Randol…
…rounds on multiple radio stations to sell to Virgin Islanders that WAPA leadership has a plan to save the beleaguered, crisis-point authority. The most prominent portion of Mr. Kupfer's pitch is WAPA's request to the Public Servic…
WAPA’s restoration efforts stretched from Saturday night into Sunday afternoon after a mechanical fault, unexpected generation loss and reduced capacity forced repeated outages and load shedding across the St. Thomas-St. John Dist…
The V.I. PSC has ordered WAPA to issue refunds and credits after reviewing four customer complaints involving overbilling, estimated bills, and service delays, while the utility acknowledged ongoing challenges and efforts to fix o…
…Gittens to establish a Management and Oversight Review Committee for WAPA won approval on Tuesday in the Committee of Rules and Judiciary. The legislation was among two other measures — Bill 33-0272, which establishes a Ratepayer …
…Islands Water and Power Authority, and to "stand in support" of WAPA, in response to a Consortium article published in March which cited a lawsuit filed against the authority alleging that WAPA management illegally shipped FEMA-pr…
WAPA has made known that the credit and debit cards of its customers that were compromised by hackers occurred much earlier than the authority had thought, with hackers gaining access to the Click2Gov payments system that WAPA use…
…current, but gave the G.V.I. a credit of more than $2 million with WAPA. According to Government House, Mr. Bryan told attendees of the recent Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), meeting, which Mr. Bryan organized,…
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